Climber for skis



March 21, 1939. J. P. RUSSELL CLIMBER FOR SKIS Filed May 19, 1938 Patented Mar. 21, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIQE 3 Claims.

The object of my invention is to provide novel climbers for skis which can be more quickly and easily removed from or applied to skis than can climbers of conventional construction.

It is a further object of my invention to provide climbers which by reason of the elimination of the usual heavy and rather complicated fastening means are quite light in weight and very inexpensive.

I attain the objects of my invention by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the invention in use;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the climbers applied to a ski; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of one of the climbers detached from the ski.

Like numerals designate like parts in each of the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawing; there are illustrated skis I having a foot-rest 2, top strap 3 and heel strap 4.

I provide a climber consisting of, preferably, a canvas casing or stocking 5, the bottom portion 6 of which facilitates the climbing of a hill while wearing the skis. The climber is provided with a front strap 7 and a buckle 8 for fastening the front end of the climber to the ski, as shown in Fig. 1. The rear top portion of the climber is provided with a preferably centrally disposed and longitudinally extended slide fastener commonly known as zipper 9 extending from the forward open portion of the climber around the foot-rest of the ski nearly to the rear end of the climber, as shown in Fig. 3, and having a suitable operating member ID for fastening and unfastening the slide fastener.

The principal drawback of the conventional climber is the difiiculty encountered in removing same from the ski before making a descent. After being used in climbing a hill the climber becomes wet and clings to the waxed surface of the ski,

making it extremely difiicult to remove without turning it wrong-side out, which in itself is difficult inasmuch as the device fits snugly. This, in turn, entails more labor, since the climber must then be turned right-side out before it can be applied to the ski.

With my climbers it is simply necessary to unfasten the buckle 3 from strap 1 and operate the slide fastener operating member [0 from the forward end of the slide fastener 9 to the rear end of same, whereby the climber can be quickly and easily removed from the ski. Likewise, the attachment of the climber to the ski is simply and easily accomplished by the means disclosed in the drawing and as above described.

What I claim is:

1. In a climber for skis, the combination of a casing of suitable size to snugly engage over a ski, the ski, means for detachably securing the for- Ward end of the climber around the ski, a slide fastener extending longitudinally thereof from the forward open portion of the climber to a point near the rear of the climber, and a slide fastener operating member.

2. In a climber for skis, the combination of a fabric casing of suitable size to snugly engage over a ski and having an open top forward portion, a strap and buckle detachably securing the forward portion of the climber to the ski, a slide fastener extending longitudinally from the open top forward portion of the climber to a point near the rear thereof, and a slide fastener operating member.

3. In a climber for skis, the combination of a preferably canvas casing of suitable size to snugly engage over the rear portion of the ski, means at the forward end of said climber to detachably fasten around the ski, a slide fastener disposed on the top portion of the climber and extending longitudinally thereof from the open forward portion to a point near the rear of the climber, and a slide fastener operating member.

JOHN P. RUSSELL. 

